Comprehensive.io: salaries for senior engineers who specialize in AI and ML are 12% higher than for those who do not; AI-related salaries rose 4% in a year — There have been many innovations in Silicon Valley over the past decade, but for people who aspire to work in the tech industry …
In a first, Larry Ellison passes Bill Gates to become the world's fourth-richest person with a $129.8B net worth; ORCL has risen 42% in 2023 on the AI boom — The optimism around artificial intelligence boosted both Oracle Corp.'s stock — and founder Larry Ellison's net worth — to record highs on Monday.
A look at the global network of subsea internet cables, dominated by companies from France, the US, and Japan, as China circumvents US curbs to build its own — Nearly 1.4mn kilometres of metal-encased fibre criss-crosses the world's oceans, speeding internet traffic seamlessly around the globe.
Sources: SoftBank plans a new round of Vision Fund layoffs, impacting up to 30% of the staff at the unit; Vision Fund had 349 staff at the end of March 2023 — SoftBank Group Corp (9984.T) is planning a fresh round of layoffs at its Vision Fund investment arm, two people familiar with the matter said …
How Jimmy Donaldson, aka MrBeast, became a viral sensation for his absurd acts of altruism and pitching subscribing as an act of charity, sometimes literally — Jimmy Donaldson, a.k.a. MrBeast, has become a viral sensation for his absurd acts of altruism. Why do so many people think he's evil?
PitchBook: the UK and Ireland accounted for ~28% of VC deals in Europe and Israel in Q1 2023, down from over 34% in 2018, while France and the Nordics rose — This year did not begin well for technology in the UK. Venture financing evaporated. Companies cut staff and tightened belts.
Documents detail new prison-monitoring tech, tracking inmates' location, heartbeats, and more, developed by Talitrix and used in Atlanta's Fulton County Jail — Documents WIRED obtained detail new prison-monitoring technology that keeps tabs on inmates' location, heartbeats, and more.
Nasdaq plans to acquire financial software maker Adenza for $10.5B in cash and stock; Adenza owner Thoma Bravo gets a 14.9% stake in Nasdaq as part of the deal — Nasdaq Inc. has agreed to buy financial-software maker Adenza from its private equity owners in the exchange operator's biggest-ever deal.
Sources: a US official said the government plans to let chipmakers in South Korea and Taiwan maintain and expand their China-based facilities without reprisals — Analysts say the move will weaken export-control measures aimed at curbing Beijing — WASHINGTON—The Biden administration plans …
UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak says DeepMind, OpenAI, and Anthropic agreed to open up their AI models to the UK government for research and safety purposes — LONDON — Google DeepMind, OpenAI and Anthropic have agreed to open up their AI models to the U.K. government for research and safety purposes …
Sources: the Dutch government is working on legislation to bar Chinese students from university programs on sensitive tech, including chips and defense — The Dutch government is working on legislation that will be used to bar Chinese students from university programs on sensitive technologies …
Q&A with Signal president Meredith Whittaker on how existential warnings about AI might help Big Tech entrench its power, the UK's Online Safety Bill, and more — The president of the not-for-profit messaging app on how she believes existential warnings about AI allow big tech to entrench their power …
The Economic Times : Y Combinator appears to have dropped Delve, removing the company's profile from its startup directory, following...
